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The incredible king penguins of South Georgia

There are a few places in the world where you feel like you’re stepping into a BBC or National Geographic wildlife film, but South Georgia is one of these. Its enormous king penguin colonies are a photographer’s dream. In November 2022 I was lucky enough to make my first trip to South Georgia and fell […]

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South Georgia – the greatest wildlife spectacle on Earth

South Georgia is often described as the Serengeti of the Southern Ocean. It’s a title that speaks of the outsized attractions of this thin speck of an island, because when it comes to wildlife, South Georgia truly is the real deal. If you’ve ever considered the Galapagos Islands, the mountain gorillas of East Africa or […]

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Following in Shackleton’s footsteps on South Georgia

No figure towers over the history of polar exploration than that of Sir Ernest Shackleton. On polar expedition cruises, it’s a rare voyage there that doesn’t include a lecture about Shackleton’s life and the epic survival story of his Endurance expedition. It’s a story in which South Georgia plays a central role, and many visitors […]

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Does South Georgia belong on your Antarctic itinerary?

Heralded as the ‘Galapagos of the Southern Ocean’, the stunning island of South Georgia is packed with both history and wildlife. For anyone who has ever watched a David Attenborough series on heaving king penguin colonies or battling elephant seals, it is likely to have been filmed on this remote island. My first trip to […]

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Antarctic cruises

The 5 Most Popular Things To Do In Antarctica

If you’ve never visited Antarctica or experienced a Polar expedition cruise before, you may be wondering how you would spend your time there. Antarctica is totally uninhabited, excluding a few scientific bases, so the entirety of your time off the ship is spent outdoors in a vast white wonderland, with plenty of adventure activities on […]

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The Best Time to Travel to Antarctica

Antarctica’s white wilderness has an irresistible magnetism for adventurous souls the world over. Around 40,000 travellers make the journey to the 7th continent each year in search of life-affirming and perspective-changing experiences, and they don’t return disappointed, but when is the best time to go? There are a host of reasons to voyage to one […]

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Antarctic cruises

The 2021 Antarctica Solar Eclipse

Perhaps you’ve experienced an eclipse in your lifetime; the anticipation, squinting upwards at a surreal sight, the world changing around you in real-time. If you’ve never witnessed one and you have an innate curiosity to do so, you’re not alone. Scientists have studied eclipses across the world for hundreds of years, and many outside of […]

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A Guide to Antarctica Weather at Different Times of the Year

If you’ve never travelled to Antarctica you might be wondering what awaits you. It may seem like a land locked in permanent winter, but with 1,860 miles between the South Pole and the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, it’s no surprise that there’s dramatic weather variation across the continent. When it comes to planning […]

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